Why are you a Democrat?

[Aristus]

20. For my answer, watch any episode of the first four seasons of "The West Wing".

But the truth is, I'm a liberal, and an ideologue. If it came down to it, I'd vote for a liberal Republican over a conservative Democrat. But they don't have liberal Republicans anymore, and too many conservative, corporate-friendly Democrats.

Because our government should be for the people, and not for the corporations. Corporations are not people, no matter what Rmoney says.

Because my job is to help homeless people, and I'll never forgive Ronald Reagan for airily suggesting that the homeless choose to be the way they are.

Because we are a nation, a continent-spanning community, and not simply 300,000,000 self-interested individuals.

Because every success I've had in life has been achieved, in part, with help from tax-payers I have never met. In the form of VA home loans, unemployment insurance, low-interest student loans, etc.

Because I got my career off to a steady start with the help of a union. And although I'm no longer eligible to be a member of a union, I will spend the rest of my life giving back to unions at the ballot-box.

That's just a small sampling of the many, many reasons why I am a Democrat.